Get up and do Something!!!

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ARTCAT81

Wednesday, April 12, 2006 6:37 PM

US States with Serenity June 23, 2006 Charity screenings being arranged by Browncoats

California

Santa Barbara CA - Pre-Planning mentioned on http://www.cantstoptheserenity.com
Los Angeles CA - Pre-Planning mentioned on http://www.cantstoptheserenity.com

Massachusetts Browncoat trying to decide on a theater.

http://www.serenitymovie.org/browncoats/forums/index.php?showtopic=331
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Minnesota http://www.serenitymovie.org/browncoats/forums/index.php?showtopic=299
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Minneapolis, MN Riverview Theater http://www.riverviewtheater.com

New York Browncoat arranged a theater in Albany, NY 2,800 seat theater http://www.serenitymovie.org/browncoats/forums/index.php?showtopic=259
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http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=17960

Albany, NY The Palace Theater TICKETS ON SALE NOW http://www.palacealbany.com

Oregon see www.cantstoptheserenity.com Now I wonder who is trying to arrange a screening in Portland.

Washington Seattle - Pre-Planning (note June 24)
mentioned on http://www.cantstoptheserenity.com

Other charity Serenity Screenings coming up:

United Kingdom
Charities: WaterAid and Kevin Smith's Memorial Trust
Date: SUNDAY May 21st
Bristol UK Cube cinema http://microplex.cubecinema.com/cubewebsite
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=18671

A Browncoat trying to arrange a charity screening at
PLYMOUTH ARTS CENTRE in Britain
Needs emails "ONLY if you'd like to attend the screening "
http://www.serenitymovie.org/browncoats/forums/index.php?showtopic=394
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You and a theater can arrange a Serenity screening near you on June 23 (Joss's birthday) or other days! See
http://www.serenitymovie.org/browncoats/forums/index.php?showtopic=285
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http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=18124
Important New Info To Organize June 23 Benefit Screenings

All you need is a theater and enough Browncoats to convince the theater that it is worth the cost of getting the film. Oh yeah, you need enough guts to contact a theater. Me...sadly lacking in that department.

More info on http://www.cantstoptheserenity.com
including the Universal Contact for US and theonetruebix thinks Canada too. theonetruebix thinks that Universal Contact person might have an assistant who could find the U.I.P. contact for other countries. Remember find a willing theater first before contacting Universal!

Browncoats are the shiniest folks in the 'verse

PIZMOBEACH

Wednesday, April 12, 2006 6:47 PM

wow! That's an impressive list... if that's not a mandate for picking a date for "RU Day," I don't know what is...

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ARTCAT81

Wednesday, April 12, 2006 6:52 PM

There are lots of browncoat activities going on worldwide, at this point if you want to take a more active role than just buying the dvd join your local browncoat group or start your own

if your in Houston www.houstonbrowncoats.com

another thing that works well is donate copies of firefly and or serenity to your local library , the houston crew collected 5 sets of firefly in less than a week and donated them en masse to a local counties library the librarians were VERY excited to get them and its another way to boost the signal

Browncoats are the shiniest folks in the 'verse

RACH

Wednesday, April 12, 2006 8:12 PM

June 23 sounds great. Gives just enough to organise something. Now where are all those UK browncoats who have been shouting lately?

Chronic, Browncoat1; I've been scouting about on the archive threads and I can see the activity. I reckon it can't hurt though, can it?

I do like the idea of a mass buying of STUFF on that day too (for those who can afford...I suspect a lot of people have already invested a substantial amount in this sofar, and certainly a damn sight more than me; 2 boxsets do not a market push make). A market spike AND a co ordination of events would be a fine attack on two fronts.

I need to give up all this military imagery. I really don't have a foggy what I'm talking about.

x

RACH

Wednesday, April 12, 2006 8:18 PM

P.S. Check out the 'Flyers' thread! Very VERY cool.

And stickers. There should be stickers.

x

AGATSU

Thursday, April 13, 2006 1:24 AM

So, are the screenings on June 23rd part of a bigger event plan for that day? Is there a similar plan like this to get every browncoat from every fansite together to do something outstanding on one set date?

Every one of us could order a copy of the Serenity DVD on Amazon on that day. Not just buy it anywhere, but get it from one source. (I'm not affiliated with amazon in any way, btw. I prefer to use non-mega-corp shops, butheywhatareyagonnado.)
Tens of thousands of people ordering the same title on the same day should get the amazon people into resupply trouble, but I think they won't mind. But they'll notice, and so will Universal.
If we manage to get 50000 browncoats (We're about 18000 active on this board alone) to just buy one DVD for 20 bucks, that'd be a cool mill for Universal right there (not all profits, but hey!). That's just a thought, though, not a telethon pitch.
Anyways, climbing a few ranks on the Amazon charts won't hurt, either.
We probably all own several copies of Serenity already, but I guess everyone can save 20 bucks until June 23rd for another one. Charity-like. And then give it to someone who hasn't seen it yet, or a library - or just leave it on your seat in the bus for someone to find.
That way, we make Universal money, create a bit of a buzz, and we make more people interested in a sequel, since more people will have seen the BDM (and hey, for free!), and I have yet to hear someone say that they didn't like it. The real problem isn't that the BDM sucks, anyway (since it sure as hell doesn't), but that not enough people watched it (duh). Not everyone will turn into a browncoat after watching the movie, but most of them would at least go watch a sequel.
We could maybe get Joss and/or members of the cast to record a video message for our day or something, get them involved as far as they wanna get involved. I'm sure they get requests like that all the time, but this would be the BIG TIME.
(If we're lucky, "Done the Impossible" might come out somewhere around June 23rd, as well - and it's not too unlikely. The shiny Firefly ornament is coming out on june 14th and should sell well. Oh, btw, when is the HD DVD coming out again? If we're lucky, it's June, as well. June is definitely our month.)

Too many of our plans seem to fail because there are too many plans - too many petitions for the same thing (hurting the cause in the end), too many people standing on too many soapboxes calling for too many revolutions on too many days.
ONE is the number here.
ONE day, ONE plan, ONE army of browncoats.
Universal may not notice the drops of rain on their Firefly franchise field, but they'll notice
when it starts pouring, and maybe decide to plow the fields once more.
Yeah, I'm into metaphors, but enough with the pep talk. Is there like an elder council of the fansite webmasters or something? Are they all in touch?
We'd have to be quick, though, if June 23rd is to be it.
And we need some people with more than just enthusiasm to organize this, preferrably veterans.
If all browncoats stick together, we could make this one Big Damn Celebration Day.

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"They just float out there, sending out re... raver... reading parties." - Alan Tudyk

SAVEWASH

Thursday, April 13, 2006 1:53 AM

I like this idea and I could always find something to do with another copy of the BDM.

So, are we going to do it? When is it official?

"We need to keep our heads so we can ... keep our heads."

AGATSU

Thursday, April 13, 2006 2:06 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by SAVEWASH:
I like this idea and I could always find something to do with another copy of the BDM.

So, are we going to do it? When is it official?

I don't know who's in a position to make it official. I'd also like to hear what the cynics have to say before anyone rushes to action.
I think the webmasters getting in touch and talking it over amongst themselves and within their community (see how seperated that sounds?) should be the next step. If the idea is generally supported on all boards, we're in business.
But if we don't do this together, it's just going to be one Big Damn Disappoinment Day.

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"They just float out there, sending out re... raver... reading parties." - Alan Tudyk

ANONYMOUS1

Thursday, April 13, 2006 2:06 AM

artcat81,

And there is talk in the yahoo group at
http://www.cantstoptheserenity.com
about a charity Serenity screening in
Bloomington and Toronto, Canada

If you get a screening of Firefly or
Serenity at ApolloCon, be sure to
email the contact section on http://www.cantstoptheserenity.com

And As for Get up and do Something!!!
Go see SLiTHER Nathan (Our Captain) Fillion's
new movie.

See it during this week and the theater may
hold it over the weekend!

Nathan (Our Captain) Fillion Wants Everyone To Go See Slither As His Birthday Present! Added links to Slither screenings! http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=19220

RMMC

Thursday, April 13, 2006 2:49 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Agatsu:

We probably all own several copies of Serenity already, but I guess everyone can save 20 bucks until June 23rd for another one. Charity-like. And then give it to someone who hasn't seen it yet, or a library - or just leave it on your seat in the bus for someone to find.

Hey, we could do a browncoat version of bookcrossings! http://www.bookcrossings.com
People 'release into the wild' copies of books so that others can enjoy the same books they like, but we can release copies of the BDM! This could be fun, getting us lots more recruits and making Universal and that which shall not be named to sit up and take notice.

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RMMC

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